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The knightly culture is an issue of the margin of science and, as such, becomes the object of research of medieval study, including archaeology and weapon study. Among these was undoubtedly the forerunner of Andrzej Nadolski. His research into knightly culture and popularization of knowledge about it was the result of attempts to interpret the material side of life of medieval knights, especially weaponry. Interests in knightly culture of the scholar became the result of a particular stage of development of Polish arts and research challenges facing Polish archeology erected from the forties to the nineties of the Twentieth century. In the initial period based on a top-down program of study of material culture of early medieval Polish state, Nadolski placed particular emphasis on the study of early medieval weapons. In his study of the early arms and armour from the Polish lands were, however, discussed the cultural role of the sword and the spear. Within a few decades of his professional activity Andrzej Nadolski has repeatedly argued that he was knowledgeable about the history and transformation of medieval chivalry, which were not in the center of his research interests. These interests were often the carcass of his analysis of clothing and armor shows on the images of kings and knights battle performances, and virtually all studies and the discussions weapons, archaeological sites (mote castles, battlefields) and medieval art of war, which came from his pen. Nadolski’s erudition in the field of knowledge of the culture of chivalry was most apparent in his popularization work. By moving into the issues such as the ethos of chivalry and its Christian inspiration, knightly rituals, martial arts of war and tournaments, heraldry and hunting. His work has become a precious tip for further indepth study as part of a modern, interdisciplinary paradigm practicing of historical archeology and weapon studies.
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Autor w artykule przedstawia zakresy znaczeniowe i metodologiczne nowej specjalizacji, jaką jest archeologia współczesności, wykazując podstawowe cechy ją charakteryzujące. Uważa, że istotę archeologii współczesności najlepiej oddaje pojęcie archeologia nas (archaeology of us), odnoszące się do relacji konkretnych ludzi i wspólnot z ich własnym dziedzictwem materialnym. Wspólnotowy i lokalny wymiar archeologii współczesności powoduje, że ważnym dla niej źródłem są przekazy ustne, pozyskiwane i analizowane w trakcie wywiadów etnograficznych. Autor powołuje się na własne doświadczenia, przede wszystkim wieloletnich badań na Jurze Krakowsko-Częstochowskiej, i wskazuje, jak ważne i badawczo efektywne może być włączanie w perspektywę archeologii współczesności metodologii badań etnograficznych.
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In this paper, the Author presents the semantic and methodological scope and characteristics of a new field the archaeology of the contemporary past. In his opinion the essence of the archaeology of the contemporary past is best conveyed by the term archaeology of us, which refers to the relationships between individuals or communities and their own material heritage. Due to the community and local dimension of archaeology of the contemporary past, an important source in this field is oral tradition, which is obtained and analysed during ethnographic interviews. The author refers to his own experience, gained during many years of research in the Polish Jurassic Highland, and indicates the importance and research effectiveness of incorporating the methodology of ethnographic research into the perspective of archaeology of the contemporary past.
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For several years, regular archaeological excavations have been conducted in the Forest of Lućmierz near Zgierz in Central Poland. They focused on searching for the collective graves of hundreds Poles executed by Nazi Germans in Zgierz in 1942, and the location and exhumation of the contents of burial graves from 1939–1940, in which the remains of victims of the German Inteligenzaktion were originally hidden. In both cases, the main difficulty for the researchers was the fact that the Germans carried out actions to erase the traces of the crime, consisting in the cremation of the remains of the victims extracted from the grave. Unclear information regarding exhumations, which was provided by the new Polish administration in the spring of 1045, did not facilitate the research either. The archival inquiry and archaeological research did not answer all the questions. Therefore, in 2014, some ethnographic interviews with the residents of the towns located around the Forest of Lućmierz were carried out. The article cites extensive fragments of the interlocutors’ statements, which have been commented on from the point of view of the needs of the archaeological research.
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In the article, the authors describe the process of archaeologization of selected objects in the local landscape, using examples from five municipalities located in the northern areas of the Polish Jurassic Highland. They look at the processes of persistence or transformation (replacement, revitalization, expansion) and abandonment (destruction, disappearance). The analysis of the collected materials combines the perspectives of archaeology and ethnography/cultural anthropology. It is part of the understanding of landscape as a cultural heritage that runs over time, its form and meaning are fields for negotiation by various entities (local communities, state administration and experts/researchers).
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